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CommentLegal abroad: Doing business in West Africa
The second of our new series on the legal issues to consider when operating abroad
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CommentFire safety: Are you covered?
Complying with Approved Document B on fire safety doesn鈥檛 guarantee you鈥檙e meeting the 精东影视 Regulations
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CommentScrutinising Crossrail
In April this year, the former chief executive of Crossrail, Andrew Wolstenholme, said this: 鈥淭he programme we put together [for Crossrail] in March 2018 still found a way through to opening in December 2018.鈥� Last week, one of his successors, Mark Wild, said this: 鈥淥ur latest ...
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CommentThe government should lead by example on prompt payment
Is it fair for the government to criticise tier 1s on poor payment practices when as a client it is guilty of the same?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Baby steps
A young housing secretary is questioned for the first time and thrill seekers are prevented from setting聽foot on a series of nerve-wracking bridges
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CommentLet鈥檚 be honest about private finance in infrastructure
Private investment in infrastructure has been criticised 鈥� wrongly 鈥� in the past few years.聽The government supports it abroad but has refused to promote it at home
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Angus Bruce, principal and head of landscape architecture, Hassell Studio
Angus Bruce 聽tells 精东影视 about tech literacy, watching your projects mature, and wishful thinking
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CommentCrossrail: Blind optimism of previous management laid bare once again
Latest delay shines spotlight (again) on who knew what and when
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CommentDon鈥檛 touch those defects
Steven Carey examines the feasibility of applying for an injunction聽to restrain a replacement subcontractor from rectifying defects
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CommentCase in focus: Dickie & Moore Ltd vs Trustees of The Lauren McLeish Discretionary Trust
Ted Lowery considers whether, in a recent case, the pupil had become the master
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CommentSimons Group: Lessons not learned
精东影视 of Simons Group鈥檚 demise last week sent shockwaves through an industry that has become used to this kind of thing
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CommentWhat it takes to crystallise a dispute
And how the concept works in the context of adjudication
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CommentAnother general election 鈥� would you believe it?
Construction will be hoping that more homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure represent more than just key battleground on 12 December
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CommentNo bar, black sheep: Construction Act adjudication prevails
Mistakes and omissions on payment or adjudication that fall foul of the Construction Act can be expensive
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CommentHow do we implement social value?
Delivering social value requires involvement of the whole supply chain 鈥� it is our collective responsibility
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CommentTime to rein back enhancements to office buildings
Enhancing the specification of office buildings has become unsustainable聽鈥� they increase construction costs, and often 鈥榠mprovements鈥� are unnecessary
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Thank U, next
The latest housing secretary 鈥� I forget his name 鈥� struggles to convince the industry he鈥檒l be around聽long enough to be taken seriously
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Francesca Sharkey, development manager, Qatari Diar
Francesca Sharkey 聽tells 精东影视 about Swiss spas, a love of creating beautiful things, and a capacity for listening
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CommentThe perils of payment on modular
Be wary when amending standard form payment provisions for modular construction
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CommentAdjudication and insolvency
How does a court decide whether to uphold an adjudication enforcement for a company at risk of insolvency?